Maccarone v. Hawley

This case arises from a claim that a dog, owned by the defendant and being boarded by the Veterinary Clinic of West Hartford, P.C. (the Clinic), bit the plaintiff, an employee of the Clinic. The defend*21ant appeals from a judgment rendered after the trial court granted the Clinic’s motion to strike the defendant’s third party complaint against the Clinic. The issues involve whether the first count of the third party complaint alleges a viable cause of action for indemnity, and whether the dog-bite statute; General Statutes § 22-357; provides the owner of a dog with an implied right of indemnity…